AB 509 Horton, Jerome Horse racing:
out-of-country thoroughbred races. A-08/25/2003 Existing law provides
that a thoroughbred racing association or fair may distribute the audiovisual
signal and accept wagers on the results of out-of-state and out-of-country
thoroughbred races during the calendar period the association or fair is
conducting a race meeting, provided that the total number of thoroughbred
races on which wagers are accepted statewide in any given year does not
exceed the total number of thoroughbred races on which wagers were accepted
in 1998. Existing law permits this without the consent of the organization
that represents horsemen participating in the race meeting, but subject to
other limitations, including a limitation of 23 races per day, except as
provided. State license fees on this wagering are provided for in existing
law. This bill would amend those provisions with the 23 race per day
limitation to apply only to out-of-state races in the Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo
Link No action Yee Horse racing. A-07/15/2003 Existing law provides
for the operation of, and wagering on, live horseraces conducted by
associations and fairs, and for the conduct of satellite wagering facilities,
subject to the regulation and oversight of the California Horse Racing Board,
as specified. This bill would provide, in addition, that any nonthoroughbred
racing association , as defined, that is conducting live racing after 6 p.m.
and receiving a satellite signal from another nonthoroughbred racing
association that is also conducting live racing shall not be required to
accept and display that satellite signal or accept wagers on any transmitted
race, unless there is a written agreement between the two associations and
the consent of the organization representing the horsemen and horsewomen at
the association receiving the satellite signal. The bill would further
provide that if the associations are unable to reach an agreement regarding
the acceptance of the satellite signal or regarding the collection of fees,
acceptance of wagers, or distribution of the purse associated with any
satellite wagering, the matter shall be referred to the board for resolution.
Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo
Link No action Harman horse racing. I-02/19/2003 Existing law generally
requires every licensee conducting a horse racing meeting to provide for the
running of at least one race each racing day limited to California-bred
horses, or featuring California-bred horses, to be known as the
"California-bred race." Existing law requires for thoroughbred and
quarter horse racing that the total amount distributed to horsemen and
horsewomen for California-bred stakes races from the purse account to be not
less than 10% of the total amount distributed for all stakes races from the purse
account at that racing meeting. Existing law defines a "California-bred
quarter horse" as a quarter horse foal conceived in Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo
Link No action Strickland Horse racing: racing
days and weeks. I-02/19/2003 Existing law defines
"racing weeks" for the purposes of the Horse Racing Law as 7
consecutive days during which a licensed racing association is authorized by
the California Horse Racing Board to conduct horse racing for a minimum of 5
racing days. Existing law permits the board to authorize a licensed racing
association or fair to conduct horse racing on a minimum of 4 racing days
during a racing week if the racing association or fair and the organization
representing horsemen jointly petition the board to do so. Existing law also
provides for fractional weeks of 4 days or less that can be authorized by the
board at the beginning or end of a racing meeting, and under certain other
circumstances. This bill would redefine "racing week" as 7
consecutive days during which an association is authorized to conduct horse
racing for a minimum of 4, instead of 5, racing days, and would authorize
less than 4 in response to a joint petition as described above. It would also
specify that fractional racing weeks of 3 days or less can be authorized by
the board on the terms now applicable to fractional racing weeks of 4 days or
less. Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo
Link No action McLeod, Negrete Gambling Control Act. A-03/16/2004 Existing law, the
Gambling Control Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of various
legalized gambling activities and establishments by the California Gambling
Control Commission and the enforcement of those activities by the Division of
Gambling Control. Existing law confers on the division the responsibility of
approving the play of any controlled game. This bill would require the
division, upon request by a member of the public, to make available to the
public the rules of play and the collection rates of each gaming activity
approved for play at each gambling establishment. The bill would also require
that costs incurred by the division for performing these functions be
reimbursed by the member of the public making the request, according to a
schedule of costs and charges adopted by the division. Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo
Link No action Plescia Horse racing:
marketing. I-02/18/2004 Existing law permits
racing associations, fairs, and the organization responsible for contracting
with racing associations and fairs with respect to the conduct of racing
meetings, to form a private, statewide marketing organization to market and
promote thoroughbred and fair horse racing. Existing law requires the
marketing organization to annually submit to the California Horse Racing
Board a statewide marketing and promotion plan for thoroughbred and fair
horse racing. Existing law also specifies funds to be distributed to the
marketing organization for the promotion of thoroughbred and fair horse
racing, and for workers' compensation, as specified. Existing law makes these
provisions inoperative on Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo
Link No action Dymally Horse racing:
backstretch workers. I-02/19/2004 Existing law
establishes a welfare fund for the benefit of backstretch personnel and
horsemen, and requires that every employer of backstretch workers, upon
request, submit or provide access to the administrator of the welfare program
any employment records necessary for prompt payment of benefits and proper
administration of the program. This bill would require those employers, upon
request, to submit in writing or electronically to the administrator of the
welfare program any employment records necessary for prompt payment of
benefits and proper administration of the program. It would separately
require those employers to provide the administrator of the program access to
those records. Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo
Link No action Strickland Horse racing: harness
and quarter horse races. I-02/20/2004 Under existing law,
the California Horse Racing Board is authorized to permit a harness or
quarter horse association conducting a race meeting to accept wagers on the
results of out-of-state, out-of-country, and sometimes other harness or
quarter horse races, if specified conditions are met. In particular, subject
to specified conditions and limitations, if only one breed is being raced on
a given live racing day, the live racing association may import additional
races that would otherwise be simulcast by the association which is not
racing, as specified. Existing law provides that proceeds allocated to purses
from these additional races are to be distributed equally for purses for
harness horsemen and quarter horse horsemen. This bill would require this
purse money for horsemen of the breed not racing to be distributed quarterly,
as specified. Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo
Link No action Calderon Horse racing:
reporting. I-02/20/2004 Existing law requires
the California Horse Racing Board to make an annual report to the Governor
and the Legislature of its proceedings for the preceding fiscal year, with
specified contents concerning the horse racing. This bill would add to those
contents information regarding workers' compensation costs and their impact
on the racing industry. Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo
Link No action Committee on Governmental Organization Horse racing. I-03/11/2004 Existing law defines
various terms relating to horse racing. This bill would define 3 additional
terms relating to horse racing, "takeout," and "handle,"
and "advance deposit wagering." This bill contains other related
provisions and other existing laws. Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo
Link No action Committee on Governmental Organization Horse racing: the
Travers Stakes. I-03/11/2004 Existing law provides
that, during the calendar period of its racing meeting, a thoroughbred racing
association or fair may distribute the audiovisual signal and accept wagers
on out-of-state and out-of-country thoroughbred races, provided that the
total number of races imported statewide in any given year does not exceed
the total number of races imported in 1998. Existing law also provides that
no more than 23 races may be imported on any given day when live thoroughbred
racing is being conducted, with specified exceptions. Existing law exempts
from that 23-race per day limit, among others, races imported that are part
of the race card of certain prominent races. This bill would add to those
races exempted from the 23-race per day limit imported races that are part of
the race card that includes the Travers Stakes. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws. Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo
Link No action Levine Horse racing. A-08/26/2003 08/27/2003-Re-referred
to Com. on G.O. This measure would
request the California Horse Racing Board to facilitate revisions to
agreements between racing associations, fairs, advance deposit wagering hubs
and systems, and horse owners and breeders for the purpose of facilitating
the establishment of one or more live telephone call centers in this state. Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo
Link No action Margett Horse racing. I-02/09/2004 Existing law provides
that the California Horse Racing Board may authorize a harness racing
association in this state to accept wagers on races conducted by the racing
association that conducts the Breeder's Crown Stakes, if the race is
conducted on the same day as the Breeder's Crown Stakes and if the
association in this state that accepts those wagers is then conducting a live
racing meeting. This bill would expand this authority to permit a California
harness racing association conducting a live racing meeting to accept wagers
on the full card of races conducted by another racing association on the day
that other association conducts the Breeder's Crown Stakes, the Meadowlands
Pace, the Hambletonian, or the North American Cup. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws. Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo
Link No action Soto Horse racing: fairs:
allocation of racing dates. I-02/12/2004 02/26/2004-To Com. on
G.O. Existing law
authorizes the California Horse Racing Board to allocate racing weeks to an
applicant or applicants, and to specify the racing days, dates, and hours for
horse racing meetings. Existing law entitles any fair racing association that
conducted racing in the central or southern zone prior to January 1, 1980, to
be allocated up to 3 weeks of racing. This bill would prohibit the board from
allocating racing dates to a private thoroughbred association in the central
or southern zone for the purpose of conducting thoroughbred racing during
daytime or nighttime hours if a fair racing association is conducting racing
in the central zone on the same dates and if that fair is obligated to make
payments on a capital expense loan incurred for the purpose of improving its
facilities for horse racing. This bill contains other related provisions and
other existing laws. Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo
Link No action Karnette Horse racing:
distributions. I-02/17/2004 02/26/2004-To Com. on
G.O. Existing law requires
that the total percentage deducted from wagers at satellite wagering
facilities in the northern, central, and southern zones be the same as
deductions for wagers at the racetrack where the racing meeting is being
conducted. From this amount, existing law provides for specified
distributions, including a distribution of 0.4% of the amount handled at
satellite wagering facilities on standardbred races for the California
Standardbred Sires Stakes Program. After specified distributions, existing
law provides that the balance of the deduction from wagers on harness races
at satellite wagering facilities be divided equally between commissions for
the association that conducts the harness racing meeting and purses for the
horsemen participating in that racing meeting. This bill would require an
additional amount equal to 0.1% of the amount handled at satellite facilities
on harness race wagers to be distributed to the California Standardbred Sires
Stakes Program out of the share of the deduction dedicated to purses for
harness horsemen as specified above. Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo
Link No action Vincent Gambling Control Act. I-02/19/2004 03/04/2004-To Com. on
G.O. The Gambling Control
Act provides for the licensure and regulation of various legalized gambling
activities and establishments by the California Gambling Control Commission
and the enforcement of those activities by the Division of Gambling Control
within the Department of Justice. Under that law, a person is deemed
unsuitable to hold a state gambling license, a requirement for owning a
gambling establishment, if that person, or any partner, officer, director, or
shareholder of that person, has a financial interest in a business or
organization engaged in any form of prohibited gambling, as specified. This
bill would repeal that provision of law. Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo
Link No action Johnson Horse racing:
satellite wagering facilities. I-02/20/2004 03/11/2004-To Com. on
RLS. Existing law permits
the California Horse Racing Board to authorize an association licensed to
conduct a racing meeting to operate a satellite wagering facility for
wagering on races conducted in the same region, as specified, and provides
specific guidelines for the operation of these facilities. This bill would
make nonsubstantive changes in this law. Click here for Bill text, analysis, votes, etc. Leginfo
Link No action
AB 571
AB 667
AB 675
AB 1489
AB 2164
AB 2276
AB 2538
AB 2945
AB 3083
AB 3091
ACR 123
SB 1183
SB 1227
SB 1288
SB 1524
SB 1786